Specialty

Dr. engelberg specializes in the following:

Critical Care Specialist

Sub-specialties: Sleep Medicine

Description

A critical care specialist, or intensivist, provides critical care to patients with life-threatening illnesses. These specialists intensively monitor and provide life support for patients in a hospital’s intensive care unit. Registered nurses (RNs) and paramedics may also specialize in critical care, and come under the critical care specialist heading. Intensivists are doctors with training in internal medicine, general surgery, anesthesiology, pediatrics or emergency physicians, who have undergone additional training in critical care.

Education

Dr. engelberg was educated at the following institutions:

Medical School Attended:

new york university school of medicine

Year of Graduation:

1980

Licensing

Dr. engelberg received medical licensing as follows:

Medical License:

Received in 1981

State Medical License:

Issued in the state of New York

Insurance

Dr. engelberg accepts insurance from these companies:

blue cross blue shield

aetna

cigna

united healthcare

mvp healthcare

Acceptance of particular Insurance Plans may vary, based on different office locations. As a result, we've listed Plans accepted at different locations.

Background

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Disciplinary Actions:

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A critical care specialist is a
medical doctor who specializes in critical care or intensive care medicine and treats patients who need urgent care on
an inpatient and outpatient basis. Critical care doctors work in the ICU (intensive care unit) in
hospitals.

What kind of background does a critical care specialist have?

A critical care physician
attends medical school plus a 2-6 year residency in internal medicine to receive training. They must pass a board
certification exam for critical care medicine, and typically complete at least two years of fellowship training in
critical care. During training, these physicians learn a wide variety of techniques they will need in an urgent medical
emergency, during surgery, or postsurgery. Critical care physicians especially need a keen ability to think on their
feet and make quick decisions.

Some of the techniques a critical care physician learns during fellowship
training include ultrasound, airway management, cardiac life support and balloon floatation catheters.

What
can I expect when I’m in a critical care unit?

There are a wide variety of reasons that a patient could need
critical care, and possible experiences in a critical care unit can be just as varied. A visit to a critical care unit
may occur after a medical emergency such as a heart attack or stroke, when a patient needs ongoing and aggressive care
to become hemodynamically stable, or after a serious injury like a car accident.

Typically you will be monitored
with a blood pressure cuff, an electrocardiogram and a pulse oximeter (a clip on a finger to measure blood-oxygen
levels). An arterial line may be in place to continually monitor blood pressure. An arterial line is a small catheter
that looks like an IV and draws blood from a small artery in the wrist.

Depending on your condition, a central
venous line in your neck may be necessary. This is an IV that measures vein blood pressure and informs your critical
care doctor about your blood volume, allowing the doctor to gauge how much fluid you need. This IV is also how blood or
medications are administered.

Your critical care physician may insert a tube called a Foley catheter to drain
urine from your bladder. If an operation will occur (or has occurred), you may also have a Foley catheter to drain
fluids during surgery. A chest tube may also be needed to drain fluid from the chest cavity that accumulates during or
after surgery, or due to another medical condition such as pneumothorax, when the lung itself has
collapsed.

These IVs and catheters are removed before you leave the hospital.

What are the most common
conditions and treatments concerning critical care specialists?